HIST 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Immigration Restriction League, Immigration Policy, Xenophobia
10 Sep 2017
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Labor and demographics during gilded age : new immigrants. Multicultural society and multi ethnic caused widespread debate. An era of global migration : the century 1830-1930. Largest migration of people in human history. 1/6 in us: a super big deal: some places half of them are foreign born. New immigrants : 1880s-1920s, contrast to old immigrants: northern europeans, often protestant, including germans . Southern and eastern europe, and some from asian. From different countries: from places like italy, bohemian, greece. Language: not speak english or irish. Religion: tend to not be protestant, mostly catholic or jewish. Demographic: gender and family, most came as single men. Physical difference: looked different, had darker skin, came from rural areas, foreign looking clothes, perceived as looking different, seen as in-between african americans and old immigrants, often, though not always, settled in large cities: sp. E. g 5/6 russian jews and 3/4 southern italians settled in cities esp.
